Three Maties coaches – Karin Hugo, Karin le Roux and Suzanne Ferreira – were selected to join Team South Africa at the Paralympic Games in Rio. They tell as a bit more: Karin Hugo (swimming) How many Paralympic Games have you been to? This...

Listed companies with more female directors are also better corporate citizens, write Prof Suzette Viviers and Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp of the Department of Business Management in an opinion piece published on The Conversation website on Friday...

​South Africa needs a proper policy and legislative framework for ensuring that human rights principles guide economic decision-making, particularly in hard times. This is the view of Prof Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human...

EMS researchers reimagine sustainable futures at 2025 Research Day

A landmark report about the challenges facing the Cape Floral Region (CFR) over the next century was published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa this week. The 95-page report, compiled by a group of leading experts...

The Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University (SU) will implement several new honours programmes in a blended learning mode in 2017. The new Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications require all teacher education...

It was gold, silver and bronze for three Maties Parasport athletes at the Paralympic Games in Rio this weekend. Charl du Toit, who is studying towards an honours degree in Education Management at Stellenbosch University, took the T37 100m...

​​​​Born and raised in the Cape Winelands, the once aspiring professional golfer, Rudolph du Toit, finds his value, calling, and purpose in helping create a platform for people to grow and strive for more. Rudolph completed his school...

With their 600 km cycle challenge completed, Stellenbosch University (SU) lecturer Dr Marietjie Lutz and her team of cyclists have their eyes trained on the ultimate finish line – raising at least R100 000 for science students in need. They...

On July 5th, Professor Pierre Goussard will line up at the start of one of the world's most challenging trail runs, the Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon in Switzerland. The 45km route climbs relentlessly upward through the Swiss Alps, finishing...